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Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau
Type first AG, later GmbH
Founded October 4, 1923 - 1963
Headquarters Bremen, Germany
Key people Heinrich Focke, Kurt Tank
Industry Aerospace
Products Commercial airliners, Military aircraft, helicopters
Parent Today part of Airbus or EADS
Image:Focke-Wulf Fw A 21 a.jpg
1929 Focke-Wulf Fw A 21
1932 Focke-Wulf Fw 44
1932 Focke-Wulf Fw 44
1937 Focke-Wulf Fw 200
1937 Focke-Wulf Fw 200
1939 Focke-Wulf Fw 190
1939 Focke-Wulf Fw 190

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From foundation to the end of WWII

The company was founded in Bremen on 23 October 1923 as Bremer Flugzeugbau AG by Prof. Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henrich Focke, Georg Wulf and Dr. Henrich Focke ( October 8, 1890 - February 25, 1979) was a German Aviation pioneer from Bremen. rer. pol. Werner Naumann, who may not be confused with Dr. rer. nat. Werner Naumann, state secretary in Joseph Goebbel's Propagandaministerium. Werner Naumann ( June 16 1909 &ndash October 25 1982) was a State Secretary in Joseph Goebbels ' Propagandaministerium Almost immediately, they renamed it Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG, later Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH. Initially it produced several commercial aircraft, typically with thick wings mounted high over bulky fuselages. Test piloting one of these, Georg Wulf died on 29th September 1927. Test pilots are Aviators who fly new and modified Aircraft in specific maneuvers allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One of the famost civil aircraft was the Focke-Wulf Fw 200

In 1931, under government pressure, Focke-Wulf merged with Albatros-Flugzeugwerke of Berlin. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Albatros-Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer that supplied the German airforces during World War I. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The resourceful engineer and test pilot Kurt Tank from Albatros became head of the technical department. Kurt Waldemar Tank ( February 24 1898 - June 5 1983) was a resourceful German aeronautical Engineer and test He immediately started work on the Fw 44 Stieglitz (Goldfinch). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

The first fully controllable helicopter (as opposed to autogyro) was the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, demonstrated by test pilot Hanna Reitsch in 1936 in Berlin. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. Configuration An autogyro is characterised by a free-spinning rotor that turns due to passage of air upwards through the rotor WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Hanna Reitsch ( 29 March 1912 &ndash 24 August 1979) was a German Aviatrix who was once Adolf Hitler 's Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. In 1937 shareholders ousted Henrich Focke, and he founded, with Gerd Achgelis, Focke Achgelis to specialise in helicopters. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henrich Focke ( October 8, 1890 - February 25, 1979) was a German Aviation pioneer from Bremen. Focke-Achgelis was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis. Meanwhile Tank had designed and produced the passenger-carrying Fw 200 Kondor (Condor), which could fly the Atlantic non-stop. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout It was later used as a bomber.

The Fw 190 Würger (butcher-bird), designed from 1938 on, and produced in quantity from early 1941 to 1945, was a mainstay single-seat fighter for the Luftwaffe during World War II. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Other Focke-Wulf military aircraft included:

From 1940 the Focke-Wulf premises in Bremen were naturally a British bombing target; this had been foreseen and buildings were bomb-hardened. The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke ( Falcon) was a German aircraft developed in the late 1930s WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen Mass production moved to plants in eastern Germany and Poland, using many foreign and forced labourers, and from 1944 also prisoners of war. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations especially in modern or early modern history in which people are employed against their will Only office personnel remained in Bremen.

After the war: Tank leaves; ERNO, VFW

As part of Germany's military-industrial machine, Focke-Wulf was not allowed to continue production for several years at the end of the war. Kurt Tank, like many other German technicians, continued his professional life in Latin America. The Argentine Government offered him a job at its aerotechnical institute, the Instituto Aerotécnico in Córdoba. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Córdoba, abbreviated as CBA, is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the He moved there, with many of his Focke-Wulf co-workers, in 1947.

The Instituto Aerotécnico later became Argentina's military aeroplane factory, the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA or Military Aircraft Factory is Argentina 's main manufacturer of Military aircraft. It employed the Focke-Wulf men until President Juan Peron fell from power in 1955; then they dispersed, many to the United States, and Tank to work on supersonic aircraft in India. Juan Domingo Perón (October 8 1895 &ndash July 1 1974 was an Argentine Colonel and Politician, elected three times as President of Argentina The United States of America —commonly referred to as the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

Restricted plane production was permitted again in Germany in 1951, and Focke-Wulf began to make gliders. Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes Production of motorised planes began again in 1955, with the manufacture of trainer aircraft for the post-war German military.

Focke-Wulf managed to win $27 million in compensation in the 1960s for damage inflicted on its share of the Focke-Wulf plant by Allied bombs during the war. ref

In 1961, Focke-Wulf, Weserflug and Hamburger Flugzeugbau joined forces in the Entwicklungsring Nord (ERNO) to develop rockets. Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH, known as Weserflug was the fourth largest aircraft manufacturer in World War II Germany. Hamburger Flugzeugbau is a Hamburg - Finkenwerder based aircraft company The Entwicklungsring Nord (Northern development circle - abbreviated ERNO - was a 1961 joint venture of Bremen -based Weserflug and Focke-Wulf with Focke-Wulf formally merged with Weserflug in 1964, becoming Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW). The Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW was a German Aerospace company formed by the 1964 merger of Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH (Weserflug

List of Focke-Wulf aircraft

Planned/unfinished designs

References

  1. ^ William Yenne, “From Focke-Wulf to Avrocar,” Secret Weapons of World War II: The Techno-Military Breakthroughs That Changed History (New York: Berkley Books, 2003), 281-283. The Focke-Wulf Triebflügel ( Triebfluegel if the ü - umlaut is not used or Triebflügeljäger, literally meaning powered wings or

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